Maine’s governor uses her weekly radio address to attack a citizens’ veto effort that would overturn the state’s new law to eliminate non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines.
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Delaney, longest-running Democratic candidate, ends 2020 bid
John Delaney is ending his presidential campaign after pouring millions of his own money into the effort
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Bloomberg, Trump spending millions on Super Bowl campaign ads
Each campaign is spending an estimated $10 million on 60 seconds of airtime.
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Mike Bloomberg campaigns in Maine with eye toward Super Tuesday primaries
The businessman and former New York City mayor says he is focusing on making the case against Donald Trump rather than defeating other contenders for the Democratic nomination.
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Mike Michaud: I’m supporting Mike Bloomberg for president
At a time when Washington is trying hard to roll back progress on issues like the environment and health care, he’ll move us forward.
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Trump vs. Bloomberg: A pricey knife fight over political futures
Bloomberg is making the case that he is what Trump is not: a builder, a billionaire, a problem-solver with a steady temperament and one of the world’s leading philanthropists.
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Democrat looking to unseat Sen. Collins wins key endorsement
The Victory Fund announced Thursday its endorsement of Ross LaJeunesse.
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Clinton says she’ll back Sanders if he’s nominee
Hillary Clinton says she will endorse her 2016 rival if he wins the Democratic nomination to face President Trump in November.
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Planned Parenthood endorses Gideon over Sen. Collins for Senate
Planned Parenthood says Collins ‘turned her back’ on women, citing her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
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High court to decide whether presidential electors are bound by popular vote
Advocates for the Supreme Court’s intervention say the issue needs urgent resolution in an era of intense political polarization and the prospect of a razor-thin margin in November.